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Hand Tendon Transfer Surgery With A Tendon Graft

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 26489

This surgery restores hand function by rerouting a working tendon to take over the job of one that no longer works, and adds a piece of donor tendon to bridge the distance needed. It is used when nerve or tendon injury has left part of the hand unable to move normally on its own. The added graft tissue allows the transfer to reach and connect properly even when the original tendon path is too short.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hand Tendon Transfer Surgery With A Tendon Graft cost?

$8,761

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$912 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,248 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $832 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 5th of 50

$8,761

$1,175 physician + $7,586 facility

IN $11,166MD $1,935

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.